Barney is a somewhat distractible second-grade student who finds schoolwork a bit boring. after a couple of minutes of working silently, barney often starts to misbehave until his teacher, ms. skinner, calls his name and scolds him. however, he enjoys this attention from her and continues to misbehave. with respect to barney’s misbehavior, ms. skinner’s attention serves as

With respect to Barney’s misbehavior, Ms. Skinner’s attention serves as reinforcement. Sometimes children misbehave just so they can get attention that comes along with being punished.  

In the above situation,

•The attention serves as a positive reinforcement for Barney’s misbehavior. He is a distractible kid and therefore likes to waste time by being reprimanded by his teacher.

•Positive reinforcement is a part of Operant Conditioning and involves adding a reinforcing stimulus after a behavior, making it more likely that it will occur again in the future.

•Negative reinforcement involves giving punishments to ensure the behavior will not occur again in the future.

Positive reinforcement in the simplest words means getting a prize for doing something good. In this case, Barney wants attention from his teacher and for him, this attention is good, even if he gets it by being punished or scolded by his teacher.  

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- Positive reinforcement.

Explanation:

Positive reinforcement exemplifies a branch of 'Operant Conditioning' that involves the reinforcement of desired behavior by attaching a pleasant stimulus. In behavioral psychology, operant conditioning works on the principle of reinforcing a particular behavior into a child through rewards(positive reinforcement) or punishments(negative reinforcement). Skinner proposed this theory of 'positive reinforcement' that enhances the probability of the repetition of desired behavior in the future too.

Thus, the given situation exemplifies 'positive reinforcement' as Barney wishes to seek Ms. Skinner's attention which is accomplished(the desired behavior) when he misbehaves and therefore, he repeats it(pleasant stimulus). Therefore, 'positive reinforcement' is the answer.

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english novelist and poet, the eldest of the three brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of english literature.

she enlisted in school at roe head in january 1831, aged 14 years. she left the year after to teach her sisters, emily and anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. in 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. instead they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of currer, ellis and acton bell. her first novel the professor was rejected by publishers, her second novel jane eyre was published in 1847. the sisters admitted to their bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in london literary circles.

brontë experienced the early deaths of all her siblings. she became pregnant shortly after her marriage in june 1854 but died on 31 march 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.

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